Fraxel for Eyes - Hong Kong
I had my first fraxel treatment around my eyes...
I had my first fraxel treatment around my eyes today. I am scheduled for my next of 6 treatments in 3 weeks. I was told that I can expect my wrinkles to improve, the darkness to minimize and have more overall lift in my eyes. I am in my mid-40's so I am at the beginning stage of showing the effects of aging around the eyes but for me I feel the lines are many and deep - I posted a few photos but the really deep lines mainly show when I am making an expression. There was some pain and redness but it went away within a few hours. Will continue to post as I have more treatments and am able to determine how much benefit I am experiencing. One note - It was recommended to do botox to help with the lines and restylane to fill in my bags but I opted not to do anything else for now so I can determine the full effect of the fraxel.
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Sylvia is fluent in English. My experience is the higher end clinics/ spas are fluent in English. I initially went in for laser to treat my dark circles but Sylvia had a long discussion with me about how she thought I could benefit from fraxel. I told her that I had seen reviews that it does not always work and that I was skeptical and did not want to commit the money to the process. She was a bit surprised since she said she always saw great results and that people who don't get good results must not be using the right machine or some lower quality manufactured machine and then offered me a trail price of $50. Since I knew what a great price I agreed to try it.
My results on day 2 – I still have a lot of redness and tightness around my eyes. I realized that the deep lines did not show up on my photo because of the tightness and slight swelling I am experiencing from the treatment.
Wow, $50 is a good price. Please keep us posted on how you are feeling and what changes you see in your skin. :)
I have always heard that the treatments are to be spread out weeks apart but not by as much as a year. The first treatment I did was only around the eyes which I was able to have my second treatment about 3-4 weeks later. At my second treatment I also did my forehead. I was informed because the forehead is a larger muscle I would have to wait longer between treatments about 6 weeks.
The recovery time for my second treatment was approx 2 days. The second day my face was very swollen but it went down quickly. The treatment was somewhat painful however, I have a high tolerance for pain and pushed them to use a high frequency for better results. The result so far is much smoother skin and lines from my wrinkles have gotten lighter. I see how adding a filler would be beneficial as my skin is thinner than a few years ago and can use some plumping.
Hope that was helpful
Maybe it was just me and my skin.
I was reccomended to VI Peels if I wanted something sooner and/or more often. Any feedback there?
I used to do chemical peels all the time when I lived in LA and loved them, but I don't think I have done the VI Peel.
Can I ask your age and what you think of your skin condition? Are you looking for maintenance / prevention or are you looking to improve on current results?
Thanks so much for posting your review. I think it was smart of you to hold off on any botox or fillers so you could really assess the change you see from the Fraxel.
Since you are having this done in Hong Kong I'm curious if you are bi-lingual or if the people at the clinic speak English. Have you found that there is a communication barrier at all?